A SCARE IN THE SKY NEAR PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IS MORE COMMON THAN YOU MIGHT THINK. SOMEONE POINTED A LASER AT TWO PILOTS WHO WERE TRYING TO LAND. JOHN DZENITIS IS AT P-B-I-A WITH A BREAKDOWN OF LOCAL AND STATE INCIDENTS. 3 4.19 "All of a sudden there's a blinding light."HE'S BEEN HIT AT LEAST A DOZEN TIMES..45 "I had a laser incident just three weeks ago going into Miami."J.D. DEBOSKEY IS A PILOT FOR A MAJOR COMMERCIAL AIRLINE0.54 "It's basically a very bright flash of light that gets you right in your eye, and temporarily disables you."TAKING OFF OR LANDINGMORE AND MORE PILOTS ARE BEING BLINDED BY PEOPLE ON THE GROUND SHINING LASER POINTERS INTO THEIR COCKPITS. 2.26 "I probably see lasers on seventy, eighty percent more of the flights than I did." JUST LAST NIGHTTWO JET BLUE PILOTS LANDING AT PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REPORTED A LASER STRIKEAND IT'S NOT UNCOMMONCHECK OUT THESE NUMBERS FROM THE FAASO FAR IN 2013, 36 LASER STRIKES IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, 279 IN FLORIDA, MORE THAN THREE THOUSAND NATIONWIDE.1.51 "There are so many lives that are at stake in the pilot's hands."THE F-A-A HAS BEEN TRYING TO SPREAD THE WORD TO THE PUBLIC, ABOUT HOW DANGEROUS IT IS TO AIM A LASER INTO THE COCKPIT. 3.37 When the public starts to realize how incredibly dangerous it is to blind a pilot in critical phases of flight, they'll realize it's not worth it anymore. 2013 Laser IncidentsPalm Beach County: 36Florida: 279 Nationwide: 3,434 3 THAT WAS JOHN DZENITIS REPORTING. POINTING A LASER AT A PILOT IS A FELONY. YOU CAN FACE PRISON TIME AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN FINES. 3